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» Following: Apple Let’s Rock event” (Metaliveblog)

 September 9th, 2008 | Filed in: Apple, News |

It’s soon time for the Apple special event, "Let’s Rock", that will start at 10a.m Pacific time (6p.m London time). I’m going to try to do a new thing for the blog here which is going to be semi-liveblogging. Because I’m not there in person, I’m not doing a liveblog but I will be following a number of different sites and blog the updates here in this post for you all to see! It’s gonna be a first so I’m hoping it’ll all go as planned. I’m also going to post the major announcements up to Twitter. So follow the event after the jump!

All times listed are Pacific!

10:43 a.m - They’re moving on through games now. I’m gonna try to get a new system up in the frame above!

10:39 a.m - Spore is first up. People say it doesn’t look like that much fun.

10:37 a.m - Phil Schiller is now demoing unreleased games on the iPod Touch.

10:35 a.m - Now it is App Store time. 100 million downloads of apps in 60 days. Available wirelessy in 63 countires.

10.33 a.m - Demo of genius playlists on the iPod Touch.

10:32 a.m - iPod Touch has a built in Nike + receiver…unclear still if older versions or iPhones can work with Nike +.

10.31 a.m - New iPod Touch appears. Redesigned. Thinner and sleeker. Now with a speaker and genius playlist control, that’s the different part, plus integrated volume control on the side.

10:28 a.m -New in-ear headphones. Available for $79 also next month. Jobs says he thinks that they "finally got it right this time".

10:28 a.m - New accessories as well. New headphones with more advanced music controls than on the iPhone on-band headset. Controls for volume, pause and play are there. Also microphone. $29 each, next month.

10:26 a.m - 8gb available today for $149. 16gb available this weekend or early next week for $199!

10:25 a.m - They’re coming in a huge range of colours! The rainbow is now in the nano lineup!

10:24 a.m - Jobs keeps saying it’s the thinnest ever. He also puts the focus on the fact that it’s really environmentally friendly.

10:22 a.m - More demo. Photo viewing. Click to move through, rotate back and forth. Shake to shuffle your songs.

10:20 a.m - Clearer screen, better suited. Converflow in landscape mode as on the iPod Touch.

10:19 a.m - Much new and improved menu systems. It looks cool.

10:18 a.m - Accelerometer built into the iPod Nano as well. Turn for photos and videos. Larger display. Thinner than ever. Enhanced user interface!

10:17 a.m - New iPod Nano. Looks like we all had seen before. They’re going back to the old and beloved tall format.

10:16 a.m - 80gb iPod Classic is getting upgraded to 120gb. The 160gb will be discontinued.

10:15 a.m - Moving onto the iPod! (The real news now!) It’s got a 73,4% marketshare in the US!

10:14 a.m - iTunes 8 available today on Apple.com!

10:10 a.m - It’s demo time. Steve is demoing the new iTunes version!

10:09 a.m - Genius sidebar will make suggestions for more music in the store that "go great" together with your current.

10:07 a.m - Smarter Playlists with Genius. Automatically make playlists with music that go great together!

10:06 a.m - You will be able to browse your albums by artist in grid mode and when you scrub over the artist you will flick through their albums (like in iPhoto).

10:05 a.m - iTunes 8 is out! VoiceOvers, New Genius list and grid browsing mode (rumors were right!)

10:04 a.m - We are going to have HDTV Shows now in the iTunes Store. $2.99 per episode!

10:03 a.m - iTunes is number one music distributor in any media!

10:03 a.m - 8.5 million songs, 125k podcasts, 3k iPhone/iPod Touch applications now in the iTunes Store!

10:01 a.m - First up is music. We are going to talk about iTunes first.

10.00 a.m - Jobs has hit the stage.

9:59 a.m - It should be one minute left until it begins. Audience has been asked to turn off their cellphones.

9:45 a.m - Music is pounding from the speakers. It’s rock this time around.

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